The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-16
EXCITING SCENES

Y EXCITING SCENES
IN TILE HOARD OF EDUCATION
Al la,t Evenings siesting-Th Eighth
Ward Scandal E1cltes tho Residents Of
that section and tho Result is M
Uapsecedeasediy Soisy. gsssion.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Board Of Education, hold last evening ct
Its chamber in the Public Library build.
ing, eclipsed anything ever known in Ito
history, and tho stormy times that have
occurred in connection with meetings OF
other legislative bodies in this city and
vicinity and which havo become historl.
cal, may all be said to palo when com.
pared with the stirring and unusual scenes
that trauspired last night. It wan all 60
strange, and at times bordering on the dla-
graceful, that for the moment the mem.
bsrs wero dum.iounded.
It was revival Of that delicate ques.
ton that first began to nsitate the body at
the July meeting and 60 disturbed the
uaual serene equanimity Of the Board at
the August meeting. and which led at that
timo 10 ecene and expressions the like
OF which had never been seen OF heard,
and which 1t was hoped would mover be
aeen or heard again. 1t wan supposed that
tho uclion taken at the August meeting
psecl1ded any possibility OF tho question
being even referred to III the future, but
like tho ghost Of poor Banquo 1t sppsarB
that 1t would not down. r.,;,-saJ
THE yExgp QUESTION. "
The question which has proven such an
ugly ono 10 the re.appointment OF Miss
Jane A. Greenlee to the position OF q
teacher in the Ritche eighth ward)
school, and In this connection the reIa.
tions alleged to exist between her aud Dr..
IL. Il. Pipes. Commissioner from that
district and President OF tho Board, The
question not only developed into scan.
dal In the Board bat 1t has been the scan-
dal Of all scandals In the lower part OF the
city, especially in the Eighth ward, where
tho people and their children arc directly
interested. There 1t has resulted In the
formation OF two factions and the etirring
fup Of the most intense feeling. Charges
and counter-charges have been made and
petitions circulated by both sldes, and
now. instead Of the diaagreeabe matter
being shelyed IS hoped for by all loy.
ers Of order and those having regard for
the welfare Of the schools, 1t has been
rsked out, held higher up than ever, and
| the feeling in the ward, already bitter,
J greatly intensifed. IN ~
The public is already aware Of what the
Trouble Is and many arc &C.
qusinted with the detaila. 1t is not the
pu1roso IN this report 10 60 into details,
bnt IN view OF last nights proceedings a
blief resume OF the events leading up to
last nights meeting may not ba out Of
order. Miss Grcenlee has been teacher
in tho public schools Of Wheeling for over
ten years. III
TUE BEGINNING. blk. D.
In July, when the Commissioners OF
tho several districts met to choose the
teachers Tor their respective schools, DR..
Pipes named Mics Greenlee 90 one OF the
teachers. Dr.. Mccoy and MIR. Eschstruth,
the other two members, refused to agree
10 Miss Greenlee and the result was that
at the July meeting OF the Board two lists
we're presented for confirmation from
Richie district. Tho Board had already
received en- intimation OF ths trouble and
refused to confirm either list, but referred
both to a special committee for .inyasriga-
ton and report. The committee met
with closed doors and at special meeting
OF the Board reported in favor OF Dr..
| Plpeo' list, the one containing Miss Green
lees name. The Board refuncd to con-
firm as recommended and the matter
vent over to the August meeting. At
that meeting the two lists were again pre-
ssnted-ons With Miss Grecnlees name
in and tho other without. The Board
confirmed "a teachers thosa whose names
appeared in both reports and left the
matter Of their assignment to the diyis.
ions and grades TO tho Commissioners Of
that district. The case of Miss Green
lee wss thoa diseuassd for over
an hour in most thorough manles.
DR.. Mccoy stated that he Ind been
drawn into tho matter not Of his own &C.
cord; that it WAS not until tho principal OF
the school, Professor Crago, DR.. Pipes
business partner and member Of the
Board-Dr. Head, Dr.. Pines son John
and Mira. Pipes herself had been TO Gee
him and told him Of charges made aud OF
the fac.a. and urged him to act-it wsa
not till then that BIO bad felt it his duty,
not only to Mrs. Pipes, his constituency,
the. schools and tho inte.eots Of depoacy
to take tho decided step he had, and op.
!pose Miss Greenles "aa a roman unfit to
be placed in charge Of children" g
4 LETTER.
| In support Of these etstemente he pre-.
fsented q letter from John Pipes, who is
ATTENDING q rladical college at Cleveland,
I'm ,ph;nh ba 1, f,rv,ad H. IyoNo,, ~, a.